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A Michigan man has amassed a long list of charges after being stopped by an officer with the Pikeville Police Department early this morning. 49 year old Mathew Pryor Jr. Of Detroit Michigan was traveling on US 23 shortly before five o'clock when an officer with the Pikeville PD observed him driving at a slow rate of speed and weaving back and forth across the fog line. Officer David Adkins stated in the arrest citation that Pryor had red glassy eyes and was unsteady on his feet. The citation goes on to state that Pryor admitted to snorting heroin. A search of Pryor's person uncovered two plastic baggies one containing several pills some of which Officer Adkins identified as oxycontin, the other contained a brown powder which Pryor allegedly stated was his personal heroin. Pryor was lodged in the Pike County Detention Center on charges of driving under the influence, operating on a suspended license, two counts of 1st degree possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Pryor plead not guilty to the charges this morning in front of Pike County District Judge Kelsey Friend and has been ordered by the judge to be held without bond as the court investigates a possible probation violation. He is scheduled to appear again in court on January 8th.